It's easy to learn how to play your Native
American Flute. The construction of the flute makes blowing into
it and producing sound simple. Anyonecan play
a melody the first time they pick up a flute. The way the Native
American Flute is tuned makes this possible. The natural fingering
position makes this a minor pentatonic flute. Breathing is the
key. Learning to breathe from your diaphragm is the beginning.
This can be challenging at first. After playing around with this
page you will have a good start toward understanding your flute.

Understanding the symbols
in the fingering charts below.

You use the same
fingering pattern for the 6 hole flute as you do the 5 hole flute
when you play songs that use the minor pentatonic scale.
The 3rd hole from the top down on the 6 hole Native American
Flute is the added hole that a 5 hole flute does not have. By
always keeping this hole covered on your 6 hole flute, you are
playing the same notes that are played on a 5 hole flute.

There are many songs that are not played using the minor pentatonic
scale. This is when the 6 hole native american flute is the more
versatile instrument.

Minor Pentatonic Scale

If you play only
the notes that are made by fully opening or fully closing a hole
on your native american flute, you can easily create a melody.
In the sound samples below I will play the minor pentatonic scale.
After you have played the scale a few times, try changing the
order that you play the notes in. This is an easy way to play
a little melody. That's the beauty of this instrument. You play
whatever is in your heart.